Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-05-19
Life and Work Of Henry ward nseoher.
ny THOMAS W. KNOX.

Thomas ". Knox's Life and Work
of Henry Ward Beecher" has already
taken rank as the standard life OF TINS
famous man. 1t is Il complete, impair
tial and authentic record OF Mr.. Beech
er's public career and private life from
the cradle to the grave.
IL tells of his birthplace and early
home; of his boyhood and youth; now
he contemplated running away to sea
and the preparations he made for IT. OF
his college days and the pranlaS he
! PLAYED; of his marriage; OF his work as
a country minister; OF his labors for the
down-troddcn slave; of his art us
preacher; Of his power as an orator; OF
his work in England during our civil
war: of his editorial and political work;
of Plymouth Church; of the great
scandal and the charges made by Iheo-
| dore Tilton: of the memorable trial
that followed; of his travels in Europe;
of his illness, death, etc.
The author narrates Mr. Beechers
struggles and experiences While poor
country minister, when his entire in
come was less than three hundred dol
lars per annum, Il part of which
was paid in corn, potatoes, and
other products of the soil. lie tells
how at this period in his life, when an
increasing family compelled him to
build larger houseto live in, he hauled
the logs himself, and his neighbors
aided him topnt it up. The whitewash
and paint he applied himself. He chop
ped the wood, drew the water, peeled
the potatoes, cooked the food, served it,
washed the dishes, and cleaned up the
house, He performed all these duties
and yet rode twenty miles through the
woods and across the prairie to the log
schoolhouse in which religious service
was held, preached, rode back again,
cooked the dinner, preached in his own
church, returned to nurse his sick wife
and attend to the children; got the sup
per, and spent the evening in his own
prayer meeting.
At the height of his fame it would
have been impossible to find 4 man on
the face of the earth on whom the sun
of fortune shone more brilliantly than
on Henry Ward Beecher. His influence
was great; his income was enormous
he was in great demand as a lectures
and speaker Soon, the breath of scan
del spread over the land; suspicious
were excited; the schndal grew; friends
were estranged; the church was in
arms; and the country rang with sensa
tional stories, and the outcome was 6
suit for 100000 damages, brought by
, Theodore Tilton against Mr.. Beecher
| The tria! lasted six months. The jury
did not agree. Mr.. Beecher's expense.
, alone in this great trial were owe
100000. The story is fully told in this
} volume. In every chapter the author
. weaves in anecdote after anecdote, in
/ cident after incident, story after story
The fine steel-plate portrait of MI
g Beecher is from a photograph taker
r Just before his death. 1t also contains
}
e many other fine engravings. In short
t the volume commends itself to ever,
r one at sight, because it is good, Sc
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is that such a thoroughly excellent ant
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